Counseling Individuals with Communication Disorders

PREVALENT COUNSELING THEORIES AND PRACTICES: Introduction; Major Counseling Theories; Developing an Appropriate Counseling Model for the Communicatively Disordered Individual; Guidelines for Facilitating the Therapeutic Relationship; Conclusion; PSYCHOLOGICAL CONSIDERATIONS FOR APHASIC ADULTS AND THEIR FAMILIES: Introduction; Psychogenic Factors and Cerebral Vascular Disease; Psychosocial Aspects Subsequent to Cerebral Vascular Infarction; Personality and Behavioral Changes; Ramifications for the Family; Counseling Intervention; Significance of Community Outreach Programs; Outcomes and Efficacy Research; PSYCHOLOGICAL CONSIDERATIONS FOR THE TRAUMATICALLY HEAD INJURED AND THEIR FAMILIES: The Nature of Traumatic Head Injury; Psychosocial Factors and Adjustment Problems for the Family; Counseling Intervention for the Head Injured Adult; Distinctive Psycho/Social/Educational Attention for the Head Injured Child; Conclusion; PSYCHOLOGICAL CONSIDERATIONS FOR INDIVIDUALS WHO STUTTER AND THEIR FAMILIES: Introduction; The Enigma of Etiology; Stuttering and Personality; Theraputic Intervention; Research Considerations; PSYCHOLOGICAL CONSIDERATIONS FOR LANGUAGE DISORDERED CHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILIES: Psychogenesis of Language Disorders in Children; Psychodynamic Correlates of the Language Disordered Child; Intervention Strategies; Conclusion; PSYCHOLOGICAL CONSIDERATIONS FOR VOICE-DISORDERED CHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILIES: Part I: The Psychology of Voice Disorders in Children; Psychogenesis of Vocal Disorders; Etiological Considerations; Psychogenic Correlates; Counseling Strategies; Conclusion; Part II: The Psychology of Voice Disorders in Adults; Psychogenesis; Etiological Considerations; Counseling Strategies; Conclusion; PSYCHOLOGICAL CONSIDERATIONS FOR CONGENITALLY AND DEGENERATIVELY INVOLVED INDIVIDUALS AND THEIR FAMILIES; Cleft Palate; Cerebral Palsy; Degeneratively Involved Individuals and Their Families; Conclusion; PSYCHOLOGICAL CONSIDERATIONS FOR HEARING-IMPAIRED INDIVIDUALS AND THEIR FAMILIES: Part I: The Psychology of Hearing-Impaired Children; Psychosocial Dynamics; Counseling Strategies; Conclusion; Part II: The Psychology of Hearing-Impaired Adults: Psychosocial Dynamics; Counseling Strategies; Conclusion; THE USE OF ABUSE OF POWER IN THE THERAPEUTIC RELATIONSHIP: Analysis and Description of the Power Concept; Dynamics at the Onset of the Therapeutic Relationship; The Power Struggle During Therapy; Use of Positive Power; The Challenge to the Therapist; Research Considerations; APPENDIX